Ayurveda | आयुर्वेद | Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan | अस्टांग हृदय सुत्रस्थान

Sira means vein, Vyadha means puncturing  Shuddharakta Laksana- Features of pure blood:- मधुरं लवणं किञ्जित् अशीतोष्णमसंहतम् पद्मेन्द्रगोपहेमाविशशलोहितलोहितम् १ लोहितं प्रभवः शुद्धं तनोस्तेनैव च स्थितिः Slightly sweet and salt in taste neither cold nor hot, resembling the colour of lotus, Indragopa insect, gold, blood of sheep and rabbit - are the characteristic properties of pure blood; It is the cause of origin of the body, by it, is determined the condition of body as healthy or unhealthy. 1-1 ½ Effect of vitiated blood – Dushtaraka Karma - तत्पित्तश्लेष्मलैः प्राये दूष्यते कुरुते ततः विसर्पविद्रधिप्लीहगुल्माग्निसदनज्वरान् मुखनेत्रशिरोरोगमदतृड्लवणास्यताः कुष्ठवातास्रपित्तास्रकट्वम्लोद्गिरभ्रमान् शीतोष्णस्निग्धरूक्षाद्यैरूपक्रान्ताश्च ये गदाः सम्यक्साध्या न सिद्ध्यन्ति ते च रक्तकोपजाः Blood usually gets vitiated by Pitta and Kapha. It produces  diseases such as Visarpa- Herpes, Vidradhi – Abscesses, Pleeha – Disease of the spleen, Sple...

उर्ध्वजत्रुविकारेषु विशेषान्नस्यमिष्यते नासा हि शिरसो द्वारं तेन तद्व्याप्य हन्ति तान् १ Nasya- Nasal medication is especially described for the treatment of diseases of the parts above the shoulders; Nose is the gateway for the head, spreading through this, the nasal medication reaches all the parts of the head and neck and cures the diseases. 1 Trividha Nasya –   three kinds of Nasal medication:- विरेचनं बृंहणं च शमनं च त्रिधा अपि तत् Nasya treatment is of three kinds – 1. Virechana Nasya – purgatory 2. Brimhana Nasya – nourishing and 3. Shamana – Palliative, Virechana Nasya   – विरेचनं शिरः शूलजाड्यस्यन्दगलामये शोफगण्डकृमिग्रन्थिकुष्ठापस्मारपीनसे It does purification. It expels the Doshas of head and neck out of the body. It is useful in Shirashoola – headache, Jadya – loss of movement of the head, heaviness, stiffness Syanda – eye diseases Galamaya – diseases of the throat, Shopha – swelling, Ganda – enlargement of glands, Krum...